# Spotlight Pathology

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## TL;DR

Spotlight Pathology makes AI software that reads digital pathology slides to help specialists sort and diagnose blood cancers such as lymphoma faster and more consistently, with a built-in second opinion.

## Summary

Spotlight Pathology builds AI-driven pathology tools designed with clinicians: sample classification and triage, an in-built second opinion and automated cell counting, with published research on lymphoma triage from H&E slides. It was founded by Richard Byers, a consultant haematopathologist, and Martin Fergie, an AI specialist, and is based at the Sci-Tech Daresbury campus in the Liverpool City Region; Sam Perona is chief executive. In March 2026 it raised a GBP 1.4 million seed round co-led by the UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund and the Liverpool City Region Seed Fund, with River Capital, Deepbridge, EHE Ventures and Lyva Labs.

## Fields

- Kind: Company
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- HQ: Warrington
- Type: ai-software
- Website: https://spotlightpathology.com/

## Notes

- Founding year and university of origin not stated. The company website states no regulatory status for its software. The address is The Innovation Centre, Sci-Tech Daresbury, Warrington.

## Sources

- Official website: https://spotlightpathology.com/
- UKI2S: seed round, March 2026: https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/spotlight-pathology-secures-1-4m-seed-funding-to-advance-ai-powered-blood-cancer-diagnostics/

## Connected records

- fronts: [AI & Computation](https://onco.cc/fronts/ai-computation/), [Diagnostics & Biomarkers](https://onco.cc/fronts/diagnostics/)
- technologies: [Digital pathology & AI](https://onco.cc/technologies/digital-pathology-ai/)

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